Roller bearing



June 14, 1932. TURNER 1,862,641

ROLLER BEARING Filed Aug. 1, 1950 Patented June 14, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GILBERT E. TURNER, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGHOB 1'0 THE mums ROLLER BEARING OOIPANY, OII' CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF omo noun name Application ma 11min 1, mo. Serial I- maze.

My invention relates to roller bearings and has for its principal objects a construction in which the rollers and inner race member are permitted skewing or other movement relai tive to the outer race member and which is simple and easy to manufacture and to assemble. 'The invention consists in the roller bearing and in the parts, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein like reference characters refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a single row roller bearing embodyin my invention; and

ig. 2 is a similar view of a double row bea ing The single row bearing illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a cone or inner bearing member 1 having a conical race portion 2 and provided with a thrust rib 3 at the large end of said race; a cup or outer bearing member 4 that is concavely curved endwise of the hearing about a center of curvature 5 located on the axis of the bearing and rollers 6 of generall tapering form between said bearing members.-

The middle orbody portions 7 of said rollers are conical and make line contact with the conical race portion 2 of said cone 1. The end portions- 8 of the rollers are convexly curved to fit the concave curvature of the outer bearing member 4, so that said end portions 8 of said rollers 6 make line contact with the race portion of the outer bearing member 4. v

The rollers are "preferably mounted in a suitable cage 9.

'In the double row construction shown in Fig. 2, the cone 1 has two conical race portions 2 with a thrust rib 3 therebetween for ferent zones of contact on the rollers for the" two bearing members, thereby distributing the wear on the rollers and assistin in the guiding of the rollers. The rollers, Eeing of general] conical or tapering form and being at an angle to the axis of the bearing, are able to take up end thrust as well as to carry radial load What I claim is:

1. A roller bearing comprising an inner bearing member having a conical race portion and a thrust rib at its large end, an outer bear' member concavely curved endwise and r0 ers of generally tapering form therebetween, said rollers having conical middle portions engaging said inner bearing member and end portions convexly curved endlwise and engaging said outer bearing mem- 2. A double row roller bearing including an inner bearing member having conical race portions and a thrust rib therebetween, an outer bearing member concavel curved endwise about a center located on t e axis of the bearing about midway of the length of the bearing and two series of rollers of general- 1y tapering form between said bea members abuttm against the sides of sai thrust rib, said ro ers having conical middle portions engaging said inner bearing member and convexlycurved end portions engaging said outer bearing member.

Signed at Canton, Ohio, this 28 day of July,

GILBERT H. TURNER.

the large ends of the rollers. The double cup 7 

